Swami Chinmayanand | |
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Member of the Indian Parliament for 10th Lok Sabha from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 1991–1996 | |
Member of the Indian Parliament for 12th Lok Sabha from Machhlishahr in Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Member of the Indian Parliament for 13th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 1999–2003 | |
Swami Chinmayanand (born Krishna Pal Singh)[1] is a former union minister from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2] He was minister of state for internal affairs in third Vajpayee ministry. He was elected to 13th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in 1999. He was member of 10th Lok Sabha from Badaun in 1991 and from Machhlishahr in 1998.
He is also credited for amicably resolving the dispute of Armed rebellion for Bodo land in the North Eastern region. After he assumed the charge of Minister of State in Vajpayee Ministry, his efforts to reinstate peace in North Eastern region were widely appreciated in 2003.[3] He also strived for the inclusion of Bodo language in the eighth schedule of Indian Constitution which was added through 92nd Constitutional Amendment in 2003.
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